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Mr. Ron Matthews was for many years Thomas Mercer's principal chronometer balance springer and adjuster.
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A VICTORIAN TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER
Robert Molyneux, No. 2245, circa 1865
The silvered dial signed and numbered Robt. Molyneux. 30 Southampton Row, LONDON No. 2245, Roman hour numerals, gold hour and minute hands, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dials with blued steel hands, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic balance with blued steelwork, segmental heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring, spring foot detent with jewelled locking stone, brass bowl, gimballed in three-tier brass-bound mahogany box, the middle section with inset bone ivory disc inscribed 2245, inside the top lid a large engraved trade label of E. DENT & CO. LTD, external brass drop handles, with Thomas Mercer Repair Rate Certificate dated October 1981 signed R. Matthews
90 mm. dial diam., 160 mm. sq. box
Robert Molyneux, No. 2245, circa 1865
The silvered dial signed and numbered Robt. Molyneux. 30 Southampton Row, LONDON No. 2245, Roman hour numerals, gold hour and minute hands, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dials with blued steel hands, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic balance with blued steelwork, segmental heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring, spring foot detent with jewelled locking stone, brass bowl, gimballed in three-tier brass-bound mahogany box, the middle section with inset bone ivory disc inscribed 2245, inside the top lid a large engraved trade label of E. DENT & CO. LTD, external brass drop handles, with Thomas Mercer Repair Rate Certificate dated October 1981 signed R. Matthews
90 mm. dial diam., 160 mm. sq. box